Showing posts with label Libby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libby. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Cheney on Libby, inappropriate?

"Speaking as friends, we hope that our system will return a final result consistent with what we know of this fine man," is what Cheney said about the recent sentencing of "Scooter" Libby.

John Barrett, former Iran-Contra prosecutor said, "It's a disappointment whenever a person who occupies a high office and takes an oath doesn't respond to a demonstrated serious criminal event in a serious governmental way."

"It's an adversary process and I understand the personal dimension, but the United States is the side of the case that President Bush and Vice President Cheney are on. Those are their jobs," Barrett now a law professor at St. John's University in New York City said.


(To read some now on this, click here for the AP article)

I think this bring up an interesting question: Were VP Cheney's comment inappropriate for someone in his position? Exactly where should the lines of personal feelings and political integrity be drawn?